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New York, January 29, 2014---The
Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by recent detentions in Niger of
journalists critical of the government. In the past week, four journalists have
been held for days without charge, two of whom remain in custody, and the
justice minister has warned of a crackdown.

Throughout December 2011, HAAC, Benin's state-run
media regulatory agency, summoned more than a dozen newspapers to public
hearings
and handed them sanctions ranging from a public apology to indefinite
suspension, according to news reports. HAAC's president is appointed by Benin's
head of state, and two-thirds of the agency's members are appointed by the
government, CPJ research shows.